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Few days back we have found a few lucky Whatsapp users with a new feature which was hidden inside the whatsapp update. So even if you are not that lucky enough to get an invitation for the new feature but you still can get this hidden activity and amaze your friends or you might be the lucky Android 5.0 Lollipop user that gets an invitation.



Whats new ?

This can make the calls activity your home of whatsapp forever..!

So what you need to do..?

By just editing AndroidManifest.xml of whatsapp

Requirements

1. Latest Whatsapp apk
2. ApkTool (HERE)
3. Basic knowledge of decomipling
4. Basic knowlegde of editing xml files
5. notepad++

So these are the steps

1. Decompile whatsapp
2. open AndroidManifest.xml
3. search for :

Code:

 <activity android_configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|uiMode" android_hardwareAccelerated="false" android_name="com.whatsapp.Main">
           <intent-filter>
                <action android_name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
               <category android_name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
                <category android_name="android.intent.category.MULTIWINDOW_LAUNCHER"/>
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

4. Change it to :

Code:

<activity android_configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|uiMode" android_hardwareAccelerated="false" android_name="com.whatsapp.Main"/>

5. Then search for this line

Code:

        <activity android_configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|uiMode" android_label="@string/app_name" android_launchMode="singleTask" android_name="com.whatsapp.HomeActivity" android_theme="@style/Theme.App.Home"/>

6. Change to :

Code:
     
<activity android_configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|uiMode" android_label="@string/app_name" android_launchMode="singleTask" android_name="com.whatsapp.HomeActivity" android_theme="@style/Theme.App.Home">
   <intent-filter>
              <action android_name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
                <category android_name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
                <category android_name="android.intent.category.MULTIWINDOW_LAUNCHER"/>
         </intent-filter>
     </activity>

7. Now compile and sign
8. Uninstall the old whatsapp
9. Install the modified one